Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the current amendment be set aside so I might speak briefly regarding amendment No. 1126.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. I appreciate his statement, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I also rise in support of this bipartisan proposal that provides two small, technical fixes to our country's immigration laws. The bill removes the so-called ``per-country'' limits from applying to employment-based green cards. Current…

This past week, I joined with Congressman Lloyd Doggett and with many other Democratic colleagues to introduce the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. If Congress fails to pass this bill by the end of the year, Americans who…

I would encourage my colleagues in this body to consider the balanced budget amendment and to support it. I do rise in support of this amendment because hardworking taxpayers know that out-of-control spending in Washington is killing job…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee will be postponed. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas The Acting…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 14, after the period insert the following: ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the…

Before I came to Congress, I was a member of the Tennessee Senate for probably an inordinate amount of years before I graduated to this august body. It took me 24 years to matriculate. But during those 24 years, I worked on much important…

No. What I'm saying to you, sir, is your belief is obviously that the Second Amendment is an individual right so that the States that have laws that say you have to be 21, those laws should be abolished and we should limit it to 18. For…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Based on your argument, you would think that the state that the laws of the 37 States have that limit gun permits to people that are 21 should be abolished. Why does your legislation not go further and…

This weekend many of us, probably all of us, honored our veterans. And they deserve the honors that we gave them. The Senate honored them with the passage of a COLA increase, which I hope our House will, too--and I'm sure it will--in a…

Mr. President, I stand in support of this resolution. I do so for the following reason. Article I, section 1 of the Constitution makes abundantly clear that the legislative power of the United States shall be vested in Congress, which…

Mr. President, I rise to speak about a bill we introduced called the Residential Mortgage Market Privatization and Standardization Act. I wish to speak briefly on this bill that deals with the pressing issue that I know the Senator from…

Well, I don't think there is any question. I know the Senator from Arizona has been a reformer all of his life. What we find in this body is we end up having a corporate welfare system built around many of the things we do here. As much as…

It is interesting, when we have a bubble that is taking place, a lot of times the private sector becomes very concerned that a bubble is developing and they begin to slow down the process. They begin to see that, wait a minute, there is a…

Jobs is the most important issue this House can deal with. And it's been said in the past that there are two things that are bipartisan: defense budgets and infrastructure budgets, transportation. Historically, we've gotten together on…

Mr. President, I know we are rotating right now. What I thought I might do is yield just a couple of minutes to Senator Blumenthal, and then let him yield back to me if that would be OK. But I do want to thank Senator Carper for his…

This weekend I had the privilege, unfortunately, to attend a funeral of a great American, a constituent of mine living in Tucson, Arizona, when he passed at age 91, Colonel Luke Weathers. Colonel Weathers was a Tuskeegan Airman. Born in…